Willamette Law celebrates students who passed the bar amid the pandemic
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — During a traditional year, Willamette Law bustles with the sounds of students conversing in the halls, lectures being taught and events being held throughout the building. Since March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic, the hustle and bustle has dulled to a whisper. In fact, over the past…
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THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — James A.R. Nafziger of Willamette University College of Law was selected as the 2021 recipient of the Charles Siegal Distinguished Service Award. Established by the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA), the award recognizes “outstanding contributions to the ABILA by a member of the ABILA Board, ABILA Committees, and/or…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — A first-year student at William & Mary Law School described to his classmates the facts of In re K.A., a 1997 opinion from the Illinois Court of Appeals. The defendant, he said, was a juvenile who had been charged with unlawful possession of cocaine that law enforcement had found in…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Office of the Solicitor General of the United States filed a brief with the Supreme Court urging the court not to take the case involving Harvard University’s affirmative action policies. The brief noted that a district court judge and a federal appeals court have already reviewed the case and found Harvard’s policies…
Read More about White House urges US Supreme Court to reject Harvard University affirmative action caseHow colleges are preparing for the omicron variant
THE WASHINGTON POST — College officials were already bracing for a potential rise in coronavirus cases when students returned to campus after Thanksgiving break. Then the world learned of the omicron variant, with its troubling mutations and a host of unknowns. “We are concerned,” said Gerri Taylor, co-chair of the American College Health Association covid-19…
Read More about How colleges are preparing for the omicron variantThe American College Health Association releases new COVID-19 guidelines
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The American College Health Association released on Monday its latest recommendations for Covid-19 policy on college campuses. The guidelines come as the country prepares to enter its second pandemic winter, and the world awaits more news on whether the omicron variant is more infectious or deadly than its predecessors.
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LANCASTER ONLINE — For many high school students, the idea of going to college is drilled into their minds. It is touted by those around them as the next logical step in the chain. However, high school graduates of today are finding college as the next step is anything but logical. According to the National Student Clearinghouse…
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UNIVERSITY BUSINESS — The latest High School Benchmarks report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that the majority of students who took a gap year in 2020 did not enroll at colleges and universities in 2021. Despite a huge downturn in the number of students immediately entering postsecondary education after graduating in 2020, a year…
Read More about Report shows a majority of students who took a gap year in 2020 did not return in 2021How experiential learning and policy experiences benefit graduate students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Efforts are taking shape across the nation to involve more scientists in policy at the local level. Largely absent from that process, however, is an approach that many other academic disciplines use effectively but is lacking in the pure sciences: classes that offer students real-world local policy engagement for academic credit as…
Read More about How experiential learning and policy experiences benefit graduate studentsA look at White House student loan forgiveness initiatives
NPR — The Biden administration’s approach to student loan relief began with improving, extending or expanding a handful of programs that were already on the books. “We’re working really hard to get students the relief that they’re entitled to” through these preexisting programs, Undersecretary of Education James Kvaal told NPR on Friday. While it’s not loan forgiveness, Biden…
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